1. vision 2020
    Biden Has Turned Back the ClockAfter a political near-death experience followed by a lucky streak, Biden is again a viable candidate for the presidential nomination.
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. the national interest
    Trump Will Not Be the Churchill of the CoronavirusAs the world reaches for face masks, the president buries his head in the sand.
    By Jonathan Chait
  3. the national interest
    Mulvaney Praises Trump’s Tireless Work, Apparently Unaware We Can See TwitterIn other news, Trump met with Diamond and Silk yesterday in the middle of a global pandemic.
    By Jonathan Chait
  4. vision 2020
    The Final Results of the Last Iowa Caucus Ever Are InButtigieg and Sanders had a split decision, but the uncertainty over one metric for victory extended Iowa’s agony. The system will never be the same.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. the national interest
    Can Bernie Sanders Get Away With Hiding His Medical Records?The Democratic front-runner promised to disclose a report. Then he broke his promise.
    By Jonathan Chait
  7. vision 2020
    The Democrats Slouch Toward a Contested ConventionIf Super Tuesday leaves Democrats with multiple viable candidacies and delegate-snagging stragglers, no one may have a majority before Milwaukee.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. coronavirus
    Whistle-blower: U.S. Health Workers Treated Coronavirus Without Proper TrainingA Health and Human Services official states that health workers who handled quarantined patients did so without “proper training or protective gear.”
    By Matt Stieb
  9. vision 2020
    Buttigieg’s Plan to Stay Alive in the PrimariesButtigieg’s narrow base of support isn’t helping him as the primary map goes national.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. vision 2020
    Most Democrats Think Obama Has Endorsed a Presidential Candidate. He Hasn’t.Biden and Bloomberg have courted the appearance of a close affinity with the 44th president, and have succeeded to a considerable extent.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. voter suppression
    Brian Kemp Seemed to Really Enjoy Suppressing Votes, Congressional Report Finds“Good work, this story is so complex folks will not make it all the way through it.”
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  12. books
    The Politics and Politicians of Millennials: A Q&A With Charlotte AlterTalking climate change, AOC, the youth vote, and the rise of social media as bully pulpit with the author of The Ones We’ve Been Waiting For.
    By Sarah Jones
  13. vision 2020
    Why Bernie May Benefit From the Threat of a Contested ConventionBy vowing to deny Sanders the nomination if he wins a mere plurality of delegates, Democratic elites may accidentally deliver him a majority.
    By Eric Levitz
  14. vision 2020
    The Coming Freak-out Over the California PrimaryConfusion over how independent voters can participate could cost Bernie Sanders a lot of delegates, if not a win.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. coronavirus
    CDC Reports First U.S. Coronavirus Case of ‘Unknown’ OriginThe UC Davis Medical Center said it took a week for the CDC to test and confirm what could be the first instance of community spread of coronavirus.
    By Matt Stieb
  16. coronavirus
    Trump Announces Mike Pence Will Lead the White House’s Coronavirus ResponseThe vice-president’s public health record isn’t stellar: As late as 2000, he wrote that “smoking does not kill.”
    By Matt Stieb
  17. vision 2020
    Conservative Poll Says Real Catholics Love TrumpTrump supporters are trying to delegitimize Catholics who encounter the president and smell brimstone.
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. white nationalism
    White Nationalist Arrested for Swatting Journalists, Historically Black ChurchJohn Cameron Denton, an alleged former leader of a neo-Nazi group, faces a conspiracy charge for calling in false reports of violence to the police.
    By Matt Stieb
  19. vision 2020
    Biden’s Very Narrow Path to the NominationAfter a good debate performance, Biden has a chance to reestablish himself as the moderate alternative to Sanders if he wins South Carolina.
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. trump administration
    Trump Insists on Paying for Coronavirus Prep by Taking Heating Aid From PoorThe White House’s neurotic obsession with hurting the disadvantaged is going to get us all killed (or, at least, many of us needlessly ill).
    By Eric Levitz
  21. vision 2020
    Is Your Candidate ‘Nominatable’?We’re at a point in the Democratic presidential contest where voters need to decide who has a realistic path to the nomination.
    By Ed Kilgore
  22. democratic debates
    Chaotic Debate Probably Won’t Help Black Voters Make Up Their MindsBut it could also present a rare opportunity.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  23. the national interest
    Bernie: I’d Rather Lose Than Let Bloomberg Spend Money on MeSo much for Bernie’s secret pragmatism.
    By Jonathan Chait
  24. vision 2020
    5 Ways a Coronavirus Pandemic Could Change the 2020 ElectionThe bug could expose Trump’s misrule and ruin his economic record — or validate his xenophobia and gift him a burst of catch-up growth this fall.
    By Eric Levitz
  25. vision 2020
    Mike Bloomberg Is Running His Campaign Like a Money-Gorged Tech CompanyAn organization that has more money than it knows what to do with is throwing every idea at the wall to see what sticks.
    By Brian Feldman
  26. trump administration
    The White House Reportedly Just Hired a College SeniorThe 23-year-old will be working in the newly politicized Presidential Personnel Office.
    By Matt Stieb
  27. vision 2020
    In Second Debate, Bloomberg Was Still a Man in a Billionaire’s BubbleDespite the best debate prep money can buy, Bloomberg remained awkward, on the defensive, and incapable of going after front-runner Bernie Sanders.
    By Ed Kilgore
  28. south carolina debate
    Who Was Booing Candidates at the South Carolina Democratic Debate?The Bloomberg campaign denied it had paid anyone to support the mayor after much of the booing seemed to target candidates who criticized him.
    By Chas Danner
  29. south carolina debate
    Warren Goes After Sanders in South Carolina DebateShe opened last week’s debate with an attack on Bloomberg. This week it was on the front-runner.
    By Chas Danner
  30. vision 2020
    Could a Youth-Vote Surge Offset Bernie’s Vulnerabilities in November?So far the evidence isn’t there that Sanders is creating some big youth-turnout surge. He could win anyway, but not by disdaining regular Democrats.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. criminal justice
    Jussie Smollett Is a Distraction From Criminal-Justice Reform in ChicagoThe actor is in court again — on the eve of the Illinois elections.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  32. the national interest
    Trump Officials Keep Contradicting Each Other on CoronavirusIt’s under control! No, prepare for the expectation that this might be bad. No, it’s airtight.
    By Jonathan Chait
  33. democratic primaries
    7 Resurfaced Remarks That Aren’t Helping Mike Bloomberg’s CampaignThe billionaire has spent recent years making statements that he might want to take back.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  34. games
    What the Story of the Vermont Reds Tells Us About Bernie SandersThe way the minor-league baseball team came to Burlington is the candidate’s career in miniature. So is the way they left.
    By Will Leitch
  35. the national interest
    Trump Says Sotomayor, Ginsburg Have No Right to Judge His CasesSpurious demands for recusal before the court decides if he can hide his financial information forever.
    By Jonathan Chait
  36. vision 2020
    Bye-Bye, CaucusesWyoming’s April 4 contest may be the last-ever authorized Democratic presidential nominating caucus.
    By Ed Kilgore
  37. coronavirus
    Trump Asks Congress for $2.5 Billion to Fight CoronavirusA former Health and Human Services official said that number would need to be about five times larger for it to make a serious impact.
    By Matt Stieb
  38. pete buttigieg
    What’s Mayor Pete’s Plan for the Next 40 Days? Or the Next 40 Years?Pete Buttigieg doesn’t have much of a path to the 2020 nomination, but he has a very long future in politics if he doesn’t burn too many bridges.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. immigration
    Biden and Bernie Pivoted on Deportations. America Must Go Even Further.Temporary moratoriums and only deporting “violent criminals” isn’t enough.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  40. democratic primaries
    Nevada Results 2020: Live UpdatesEverything you need to know about the Nevada caucuses, including vote totals — when available — and Bernie Sanders’s path to victory in the state.
    By Chas Danner, Matt Stieb, and Adam K. Raymond
  41. the national interest
    If Democrats Aren’t Terrified of Bernie, They’re Not Paying AttentionThe Jeremy Corbyn Experience comes to America.
    By Jonathan Chait
  42. vision 2020
    Carolina Kingmaker Clyburn to Give Biden a Timely Boost With an EndorsementIn a state Biden must win, he got the most important endorsement, but it may not be enough to preserve a win in his one-time “firewall.”
    By Ed Kilgore
  43. smh/lol
    You’ve Gotta Respect How Lazy the Bloomberg Social Media Recruits AreSome are posting so robotically that Twitter thinks they are bots. They make $2,500 per month.
    By Brian Feldman
  44. vision 2020
    In South Carolina (and Only South Carolina) Tom Steyer Is a Front-runnerThe billionaire candidate is plastering lots of states with advertisements. For some reason they just seem to be working much better in S.C.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  45. coronavirus
    Why Trump’s Coronavirus Response Continues to Cause ConcernsWith a pandemic looming, there are signs the Trump administration is improvising much of its strategy as it faces what may be its biggest crisis yet.
    By Matt Stieb and Chas Danner
  46. authoritarianism
    President Trump Has Never Been More Dangerous Than He Is NowIn the aftermath of impeachment, Trump’s poll numbers have been rising in tandem with his assaults on democracy.
    By Eric Levitz
  47. vision 2020
    No, You Drop Out: Why Bernie’s Rivals Are All Stubbornly Staying in the RaceAnti-Sanders moderates generally agree that the field needs to shrink for anyone else to have a chance, but no one is ready to walk away.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  48. russia
    National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien Denies Russia Is Meddling to Aid TrumpThe national security adviser said there is no intel stating that Russia is aiming to benefit Trump — but did not extend that analysis to Sanders.
    By Matt Stieb
  49. vision 2020
    The Murky Path Out of Nevada for Candidates Not Named BernieBiden’s still not quite dead, and others have long shots left, but it’s going to be tough to take down the new front-runner.
    By Ed Kilgore
  50. vision 2020
    Bernie Wins Big in Nevada CaucusesThe other candidates’ order of finish remains unclear, but Sanders exceeded high expectations.
    By Ed Kilgore
  51. vision 2020
    Why Bernie Is Not George McGovern and 2020 Isn’t 1972Sanders has a vastly better opportunity to win a general election than McGovern did, but it may require uniting the Democratic Party first.
    By Ed Kilgore
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